Summertime and the livin’ is . . . sexy.
This summer, the Puritan City is anything but. Beantown
Heat, an anthology of sensual romance, is made up of
three different, themed romances that sizzle. Three Boston
College staff members will have a summer they won’t soon
forget.
The Professor and Maryann
Maryann Lithgow has one more class standing between her
and the piece of paper that will get her the job at
corporate - the class she’s been putting off for two
years. She hates everything about it - even her ho-hum
professor. Whatever he has that makes women go all silly
certainly escapes Maryann. That is, until she sees him
through new eyes. Dr. Michael Jamison, professor of English
at Boston College lives for the times that his students
"get it" and pour themselves into their writing.
Sometimes, though, one particular student becomes a problem.
Maryann is that student. She’s balky and completely
uninspired - and he wants her like he’s never wanted any
woman before.
When she shows up on his doorstep, dressed to kill,
determined to provoke a response, things go from hot to
fiery. The promise of passion keeps them both on the edge of
combustion. Can they wait until class has ended? Will this
attraction last or will it fizzle before it flames?
Desire Delayed
Desiree Bishop has one huge problem. She needs someone to
fill a vacancy on the Board of Directors of her son’s
foundation. If she doesn’t find someone fast, her
ex-husband will take it. If that happens, the years of hard
work to overcome the obstacles he left her will be as
nothing. The only other option she has is to convince Ryan
Magnussen to take the position. And, in that case, the
medicine may very well be worse than the disease. BC’s
hockey coach, Ryan Magnussen, has wanted Dee Bishop for a
good twenty years. And now, he has her right where he wants
her. Needing him.
The only real problem with pushing his advantage and
making her live up to the deal she makes is that, if Ryan
does that, he’s no better than the jerk she was married
to. But in order to retain a smidgen of integrity, he’ll
have to rein in the ever increasing desire that neither of
them can deny.
Almost an Ingenue
Victoria Scott is on summer break from her position as
Professor of American History at Boston College. She’s
spent the last four years, two months and twenty-two days
raising both a teenage daughter and an unexpected
granddaughter. She’s past exhausted. At last, she has time
to herself, time to heal, time to recover. If that means
spending time taking in the sights - particularly the hunky
young man working on the house next door, then, so be it.
Bucky Buchanan recognizes Victoria long before she
recognizes him. She doesn’t look that much different than
the twenty year old next door who baby sat him and his
siblings that last summer. And Holy Cow, does she look fine.
When Bucky’s dog causes an accident which injures
Victoria, Bucky steps in to help. That’s a big job when
she’s at the end of her rope and he’s so damned
attracted to her he can’t stand it. Soon, though, the
problem is about much more than keeping their hands off each
other.
Beantown Heat is a fun, flirty, romantic
adventure, a sensual short story collection that celebrates
summer. It’s enough to make you want to head for Cape Cod
in June. . . or maybe even in November. |
